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AI Action Plan: US leadership must be ‘unchallenged’

Trump’s foreword sets the tone, calling for America to “achieve and maintain unquestioned and unchallenged global technological dominance” as a core tenet of national security.

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OpenAI and Oracle announce Stargate AI data centre deal

OpenAI has shaken hands with Oracle on a colossal deal to advance the former’s colossal Stargate AI data centre initiative.

Sam Altman: AI will cause job losses and national security threats

In the halls of power in Washington, OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, warned of total job losses from AI and how national security is being rewritten. Altman positions OpenAI as not just a participant, but as the essential architect of our destiny.

AI summaries cause ‘devastating’ drop in audiences, online news media told

Exclusive: Study claims sites previously ranked first can lose 79% of traffic if results appear below Google Overview

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Google AI Mode will generate fake clothes to help you buy real ones

An upcoming feature for AI Mode will generate images of outfits and decor ideas based on user descriptions, to help people find visually similar products. Also launching is a new tool that allows people to virtually try on clothes.

The damage AI hallucinations can do – and how to avoid them

"Even if these systems are right 80% of the time, that still means they're wrong 20% of the time," says tech CMO Dr. Jay Anders, who describes the risks of artificial intelligence errors and outlines some protection strategies for providers.

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Teens say they are turning to AI for friendship

The 15-year-old asks ChatGPT for guidance on back-to-school shopping, makeup colors, low-calorie choices at Smoothie King, plus ideas for her Sweet 16 and her younger sister’s birthday party.

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Ethics

Can speed and safety truly coexist in the AI race?

A criticism about AI safety from an OpenAI researcher aimed at a rival opened a window into the industry’s struggle: a battle against itself.

A simple twist fooled AI—and revealed a dangerous flaw in medical ethics

The findings raise serious concerns about using AI for high-stakes health decisions and underscore the need for human oversight, especially when ethical nuance or emotional intelligence is involved.

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Managing reputation in the age of synthetic content

The introduction and increased usage of generative AI have been influential throughout the legal industry, offering unprecedented opportunities for efficiency while introducing significant risks to law firm brands.

Robotics

Spy cockroaches and AI robots: Germany plots the future of warfare

For Gundbert Scherf - the co-founder of Germany's Helsing, Europe's most valuable defence start-up - Russia's invasion of Ukraine changed everything. Scherf had to fight hard to attract investment after starting his company - which produces military strike drones and battlefield AI - four years ago.

Watch this robot 'cannibal' grow bigger and stronger by consuming smaller robots

Scientists explore the concept of "robot metabolism" with a weird machine that can integrate material from other robots so it can become more capable and overcome physical challenges.

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Why Cartken pivoted its focus from last-mile delivery to industrial robots

Autonomous robotics startup Cartken, known for its six-wheeled robots that deliver food on college campuses and through Tokyo’s bustling streets, has found a new area of focus: industrials.

Research

A call for transdisciplinary trust research in the AI era

Our bibliometric literature review calls for scientists and stakeholders to cross traditional academic boundaries to address emerging and evolving societal challenges arising from AI.

Study finds AI-created music triggers greater emotional arousal than human compositions

A study recently published in PLOS One, explores a key question: Can AI-generated music produce the same emotional responses as human-composed music in audiovisual contexts?

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AI leaps from math dunce to whiz

When Michael Brenner taught the graduate-level class “Applied Mathematics 201” in fall 2023, the course’s nonlinear partial differential equations were too tough for artificial intelligence. AI managed to solve just 30 to 50 percent of the problems in the first three weeks of the class.

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AI News Weekly - Issue #448: Mistral AI gives Le Chat voice recognition and deep research tools - Jul 18th 2025

July 18, 2025

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Mistral AI gives Le Chat voice recognition and deep research tools

Mistral AI has updated Le Chat with voice recognition, deep research tools, and other features to make the chatbot a more helpful assistant.

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Military AI contracts awarded to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and xAI

The Pentagon has opened the military AI floodgates and handed out contracts worth up to $800 million to four of the biggest names: Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Elon Musk’s xAI. Each company gets a shot at $200 million worth of work.

How are humanitarians using AI in 2025?

During May-June 2025, Data Friendly Space and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy conducted a global online survey on humanitarian adoption and aspirations across the sector.

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Meta hires two Apple AI researchers for Superintelligence push

Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab has hired Apple (AAPL.O), opens new tab artificial intelligence researchers Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, as it intensifies its pursuit for top AI talent.

Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time

Netflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming company’s boss said would make films and programmes cheaper and of better quality.

Can finance put a stop to AI data mining?

As generative artificial intelligence changes the way people use technology, new battle lines are being drawn around the control of customer data.

ft.com

Ethics

Poll finds bipartisan agreement on a key issue: Regulating AI

The provision denied access to US$500 million in federal funding for broadband internet and AI infrastructure projects for any state that passed any such law.

Meta rebuffs Brussels over AI rules

Meta just blew a hole in a European Union plan to tame artificial intelligence models. The technology giant on Friday was the first Big Tech company to come out saying it will not sign the EU's code of practice for general-purpose AI.

politico.eu

The ethical minefield of Big Tech in the US military

As Big Tech and the military converge, concerns over artificial intelligence (AI) ethics and conflicts of interest become increasingly apparent.

verdict.co.uk

Robotics

Bedrock Robotics brings in $80M for construction retrofit kits

Bedrock Robotics Inc. yesterday emerged from stealth with $80 million in seed and Series A funding. The startup said it is developing advanced autonomous systems for the $13 trillion global construction industry

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New tool gives anyone the ability to train a robot

MIT engineers designed a versatile interface that allows users to teach robots new skills in intuitive ways.

mit.edu

Elephant Robot Demonstrates Bioinspired 3D Printing Technology

Researchers at EPFL have developed a 3D-printable, programmable lattice structure made from a single foam material that mimics biological tissues, enabling robots to combine soft and rigid parts within a single design.

theaiinsider.tech

Research

University students feel ‘anxious, confused and distrustful’ about AI in the classroom and among their peers

The advent of generative AI has elicited waves of frustration and worry across academia for all the reasons one might expect: Early studies are showing that artificial intelligence tools can dilute critical thinking and undermine problem-solving skills. And there are many reports that students are using chatbots to cheat on assignments.

The Helicobacter pylori AI-clinician harnesses artificial intelligence to personalise H. pylori treatment recommendations

The AI system identifies optimal treatment strategies in key subgroups: 65% (n = 24,923) are recommended bismuth-based therapies, and 15% (n = 5898) non-bismuth quadruple therapies.

Commercialization of medical AI technologies: challenges and opportunities

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already having a significant impact on healthcare. For example, AI-guided imaging can improve the diagnosis/treatment of vascular diseases, which affect over 200 million people globally. Recently, Chiu and colleagues (2024) developed an AI algorithm that supports nurses with no ultrasound training in diagnosing abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) with similar accuracy as ultrasound-trained physicians.

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AI News Weekly - Issue #447: Apple loses key AI leader to Meta - Jul 10th 2025

July 10, 2025

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Apple loses key AI leader to Meta

Apple is nursing a fresh wound this week after losing one of its most crucial AI leaders to Meta. Ruoming Pang, the executive who oversaw Apple Intelligence, has jumped ship to join Meta’s new Superintelligence Labs.

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Musk’s AI firm forced to delete posts praising Hitler from Grok chatbot

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has deleted “inappropriate” posts on X after the company’s chatbot, Grok, began praising Adolf Hitler, referring to itself as MechaHitler and making antisemitic comments in response to user queries.

Microsoft shares $500M in AI savings internally days after cutting 9,000 jobs

Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a presentation this week that AI tools are boosting productivity across sales, customer service, and software engineering, Bloomberg reports.

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Google brings its AI-powered marketing tools to India after ‘Google tax’ repeal

Google has launched a suite of its AI-powered advertising tools in India, which debuted in the U.S. in May, as the repeal of the so-called “Google tax” has made the South Asian market more attractive to global tech firms selling online ads.

Perplexity just launched an AI web browser

Comet uses Perplexity as its default search engine and comes with a built-in AI assistant.

The AI therapist will see you now: Can chatbots really improve mental health?

Recently, I found myself pouring my heart out, not to a human, but to a chatbot named Wysa on my phone. It nodded – virtually – asked me how I was feeling and gently suggested trying breathing exercises.

Ethics

EU sticks with timeline for AI rules

The European Union's landmark rules on artificial intelligence will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause.

How AI is Already Transforming Legal Services

The biggest names in legal technology came together last week for the International Legal Technology Association's (ILTA) annual conference, bringing with them insights on the latest trends and technologies transforming the marketplace.

law.com

How the Vatican Is Shaping the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence

As AI transforms the global landscape, institutions worldwide are racing to define its ethical boundaries.

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Robotics

Robot surgery on humans could be trialled within decade after success on pig organs

Automated surgery could be trialled on humans within a decade, say researchers, after an AI-trained robot armed with tools to cut, clip and grab soft tissue successfully removed pig gall bladders without human help.

Robotics set to have a ChatGPT moment

Vinod Khosla, the venture capitalist behind early bets in OpenAI, predicts a breakthrough in robotics akin to ChatGPT will arrive within two to three years.

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Filics secures €13.5M to expand and roll out its robotics platform

The Filics Unit uses two autonomous robots to move Euro pallets efficiently, reducing manoeuvring space and optimising warehouse operations.

tech.eu

Research

Will AI speed up literature reviews or derail them entirely?

The publication of ever-larger numbers of problematic papers, including fake ones generated by artificial intelligence, represents an existential crisis for the established way of doing evidence synthesis. But with a new approach, AI might also save the day.

Artificial intelligence and the environment: ethical challenges and strategic opportunities for organizations

We examine several specific issues, beginning with GAI’s heavy consumption of natural resources and electricity. We then move to assessing how the rich and the Global North gain via GAI, while the poor and the Global South must deal with its adverse effects.

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Influence of AI in the Field of Biotechnology

This synergy between AI and biotechnology has also given rise to new specializations, such as biotech AI platforms that accelerate drug discovery and personalized treatments by predicting biological behavior.

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AI News Weekly - Issue #446: Meta sacrifices a heap of money at the altar of AI - Jun 20th 2025

June 20, 2025

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Meta sacrifices a heap of money at the altar of AI

The magnitude of Meta’s investment in Scale may seem like command of the AI race, but the company’s playing catchup

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The OpenAI Files: Ex-staff claim profit greed betraying AI safety

What began as a noble quest to ensure AI would serve all of humanity is now teetering on the edge of becoming just another corporate giant, chasing immense profits while leaving safety and ethics in the dust.

Nvidia’s AI empire: A look at its top startup investments

No company has capitalized on the AI revolution more dramatically than Nvidia. Its revenue, profitability, and cash reserves have skyrocketed since the introduction of ChatGPT over two years ago — and the many competitive generative AI services that have launched since. And its stock price soared.

‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number

The Meta chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, called it “the most intelligent AI assistant that you can freely use”. But Barry Smethurst, 41, a record shop worker trying to travel by rail from Saddleworth to Manchester Piccadilly, did not agree.

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Why education needs to embrace AI, soft skills and self-awareness

In a world shaped by rapid technological change and generative AI, we’re preparing students to compete in a system designed for another century – when what they really need is to learn how to adapt, question and create.

weforum.org

Midjourney launches an AI video generator

Midjourney has released the first version of its video generation model to the public. For now, the tool can generate short videos based on images uploaded or created on the platform, but Midjourney plans on rolling out more capabilities in the future.

News Corp bets big on AI tools but journalists voice concerns

Company says in-house NewsGPT tool part of a look into how AI tech will ‘enhance our workplaces rather than replace jobs’. Plus: Seven West’s Origin dummy spit

Ethics

Bar Council is wise to the risk of AI misuse

In your report (High court tells UK lawyers to stop misuse of AI after fake case-law citations, 6 June), you quote Dame Victoria Sharp’s call that we, the Bar Council, and our solicitor colleagues at the Law Society address this matter urgently.

California is trying to regulate its AI giants

Last September, all eyes were on Senate Bill 1047 as it made its way to California Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk — and died there as he vetoed the buzzy piece of legislation.

UN says use of AI must comply with international human rights

At the 59th session of the Human Rights Council Thursday, the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights stated that the procurement and deployment of AI systems by states and businesses must comply with international human rights standards, warning that failure could lead to serious rights violations.

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Robotics

Slovenian startup Sunrise Robotics emerges from stealth with €7.3 million for their simulation-trained robots

Ljubljana-based Sunrise Robotics, a robotics company developing intelligent robotic cells, is emerging from stealth today with €7.3 million in funding to expand its European-wide team and enhance AI capabilities as it scales production of its initial fleet.

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Robot eyes are power hungry. What if we gave them tools inspired by the human brain?

Robots are increasingly becoming a part of our lives – from warehouse automation to robotic vacuum cleaners. And just like humans, robots need to know where they are to reliably navigate from A to B.

roboticsandautomationnews.com

Inside automatica 2025: What’s driving the next wave of robotics and automation?

As the much-anticipated automatica event prepares to open its doors from June 24 to 27, 2025, in Munich, Germany, it would be interesting to ask what the state of the sector is.

Research

Enhancing Reverse Supply Chain performance via AI predictive solutions

The model aids industries in better planning, cost management, and resource utilisation. Moving beyond traditional models, this predictive framework bridges theory and practice, enhancing digital transformation and sustainability.

tandfonline.com

Enhancing AI-generated Code via Automated Evaluation and Validation

Automating the process of generating and checking code can enable precious resources of human software professionals to be allocated efficiently, improving effectiveness of the overall software development process.

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Misinformation among owners and non-owners

Recent research suggests that misinformation about electric vehicles is widely believed, especially by those with conspiratorial mindsets. Simple interventions that challenge the misinformation as false, like fact sheets or chats with artificial intelligence, can reduce belief in this misinformation, showing a possible pathway toward a better-informed public.